hope each other will move forward as a community. some do not even have insurance but the people of khobar co are trying to make do with what they have left meanwhile the blazes burned on in other parts of australia up next a g.w. news africa with christine i would love for me next president of the newseum expert watch. in the art of french. africa. what's in store. for the future. comic book in a major city. inside. means time to take one step. and face.

time you're all just such they are no. fun for the translate. to over come down times and connection. it's time for dinner. and you don't really use coming up ahead. fines. this is state of the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes why is south africa struggling to keep the lights on the national paul utility is again rolling electricity blackouts across the country costing the economy billions. as the man supply scene was set to kenya's biggest find out why you have to partner with again step to do so. then capital spruces up its way as housing food is trying to head off its annual festival.

hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company. africa's most industrialized country is bracing for more bouts of public cuts of africa's paul utility eskom said breakdowns at its power stations has slashed the amount of electricity it's able to generate which is state own supplies more than 90 percent of the country's electricity but since 2007 it has struggled to meet demand the this as seen the company results to cutting supply on a rotating shuttle when the national grid cannot meet demand that's referred to as load shedding in south africa now the public cuts are not just an inconvenience they cost the country billions and last year pushed the economy to the brink of recession all to help us understand why problems prevail at this utility reinvited chris yen and on into the program he's an energy and an estate business

intelligence for south africa welcome to africa missed again and this one used to be one of the most reliable power utilities in the world why is it now in crisis. it's a hard thing to explain in a few words but there's been a series of poor decisions over the yes' poor decisions by the shareholder that his government by the board of directors and by the message once that if i would put it down to one major issue i would say the medupi and could see the coal fired projects which were intended to deliver something like 10000 megawatts of new generation capacity by 2014 these problems have been very long delayed and not coming on stream as they should have and also at massive cost overruns pushing is going to date. at unprecedented levels and not to

end up meeting the increasing demand for electricity in south africa and therefore plunging the country into a pricey a talking about long term projects have the commissioning off pop rocks as you were referring to but in the meantime they are shortened challenges which is a result as these polecats that we're seeing does the south african government have a pad. well we don't have what is known as an integrated energy plan and this despite the fact that the north quite as the minister of energy to publish such a plan every single year since 2008 it's never been published what we do have thank goodness at last is an integrated resource plan for the address of the so-called i.r. peak this is the plan up until 2038 looking at the amount of generation capacity that needs to be built in order to meet the projected demond. and we do have this plan but it's being slow in coming and it's not yet implemented in any shape or form yet and furthermore that really looks at logan to m. planning happens only year 2030 is about

a limit of 12 years and they're already immediate short term needs that are not addressed in this plan for a government is at the moment being a request for proposals for short term in emergency power and last year and it's calm board member told south africa's parliament that there was a lot of political interference in the pilots and it's the extent that the right decisions weren't always taken why would that be the case. it government has kind of c.s. and it's going to see that self because state owned enterprise as being some kind of extension of government policy and it in a kind of an in committee agency for government policy so for example they kept the price of electricity off the fish of the love it for the benefit of the social benefit of people in south africa yes it was also been seen as a place for for employment to increase the number of jobs in the country and it hit

me i was soft at the moment one of these things eat to. live in you that is at it quits and costs that are too high to the extent when this impacts on investment decisions on its ability to do maintenance properly and therefore it's run into huge debt which is placing huge financial burdens on the company and the plant is getting old and has environmental issues that 80 percent of south africa's biggest the comes from coal and 95 percent of the disney comes from a skim so all the exhaustion of a few boss gets on those boss gets all broken and a lot of this is due to government interference and seeing as good as a kind of implementing agency of government policy rather than as a business right that's christian and south african energy analyst thank you. from electricity in south africa it's now 2 bosses in kenya people living in

nairobi it's biggest one kara have mostly lacked x. a supreme bunny was that now with the government failing to provide the service so cold water cartels have filled the gap but they sell residents overpriced and hygiene if what one man who grew up in good bear made it his mission to supply clean water to the slum but it meant that he had to partner with a gangster. this is kibera slum in nairobi pipes with fresh water run through sewer tunnels for a long time residents have been suffering under this and i geni conditions but there is hope now a connection of blue pipes run above the slums shanties they provide residents with clean and she porter all thanks to kennedy or did growing up in this community it was a tough life of war what i was was i remember walking to class. to go and fetch water you know cutting it on my shoulder. also my neighbor at night

who was sick and dying because there's no health care having grown up in kibera and experience the effects of unsafe or to face hands kennedy or did they founded the n.g.o.s show of course but he would soon face fierce opposition from the so-called water cartels. idea of water was a little sure to me it was a little bit dangerous at the same time because people who makes a lot of money because the very powerful powerful men in this community they cut tells run their own want to system the selling of a prize in an edgy new quarter and they put an end to any competition with brutal metal. my dream was to bring clean affordable water to the community. but like pipes were cut to pieces. although he was afraid of the cartels kennedy

decided to approach monday of one bag then he was a gang member and leader of the water mafia i look forward to if. i were to be the minister of water i chuckle. like what we. were talking a little bit over to the public would have for you if you look at a really small amount of money pretty good note. that's how it started and nobody ever touched the water. for monday it was an easy decision to switch sides in work for the n.g.o.s instead of the cartel it's took 6 months for me to agree to work with him because i feel like i can pass on that is a young one told me he cannot really my employer i was little sleepy but now he's happy with his new job. i feel very proud.

because i'm doing what i see due to the community reaching out to former gang members like mandela who was the key to making this community service work the price of water reduced to one 5th of the former price and the quality is better to ensure the water meets the safety standards kennedy installed a water purifying system is the only one in the kibera slum. the water come from the wall but all its power to the ro water tank our side which is 24000 liters comes in to be now to be treated so now the water is no drinking and then we pump it now to the big attack from here the water is then distributed so this is our clean water or a drink if to show you that. it is clean. test

good. you either sometimes i feel because well treated water. kennedy truly in war does the spirit of the thing what is life he and his employees i helping their beloved community one drop at a time. that's inspiring now in the tiny west african nation often in the 10th of january is a public holiday celebrating the ancient belief off food to food a difference believe the spirits of family and sisters and worship made a day to head off this year's festival dozens of ways in binion's capital portland oval has been spruced up after years of neglect. putting the finishing touches to whom will haunt 2 square important oval it's one of the capitals $44.00 square us the squares used to be run down tended just by a few believe who do believe us left st spend part of nova got funding from the french twin city to renovate them. people united with discriminations get more

visibility to the political be and encourage people to believe in the existence of our days i'm delighted because my people are also increasingly interested in the state he says we live in reality. the worship of voodoo day spent by the french colonise us and the government which succeeded them today just over 10 percent of binny's population practice the traditional religion those that do say the us to date hope to safe the sites of worship. on offer this is the beauty that sure enough it is we have the sacrificial ceremonies we did all we could and then the renovations started in less than a month we've redone the square root. and that's for those who don't believe in them mr far right now we can all enjoy this question. the squarest follow close into a city like to enjoy by the fetishists and voodoo science belong to the families who worship there and turn them the good god that.

this is a heritage that we have to share with the world tourists are welcome guys explain is how they protect people what offerings are suitable we want to understand that isn't black magic it's rather about the close relationship between people and nature and people and their ancestors not you. after being banned for decades voodoo is enjoying a quiet comeback in the name in fortune over around 20 young people were initiated into the religion in december alone. that is if one album does every news epic at will this week you can catch what our stories on our website and facebook page albanian think of racists would a festival on the table january leave you with some images from the end you then make sky at night.

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